Tempers flared this Tuesday in the Mexico City Congress after the PAN deputy America Rangel resisted offering a public apology to the activist Victoria Samanoafter being accused of discriminationwhich caused a confrontation between legislators and the early adjournment of the session.
During the day, various opinions would be discussed, including the proposal of the head of Government, Clara Brugadato toughen penalties for the crime of dispossession. However, given the continuous discussions and complaints, the Board of Directors decided to suspend the session and reschedule for next Thursday, in order to resolve the pending issues.
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The conflict originated in February 2023, when Sámano criminally reported Rangel to the local Attorney General’s Office for discrimination.. After a judicial process, both parties reached a reparation agreement that included a public apology from the legislator.
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Although the item was on the agenda, Rangel avoided reading the apology in person and chose to deliver it in writing. In a letter addressed to the Board of Directors, he requested that the text be read by Secretary Lizzette Salgado, a decision that generated annoyance among Morena deputies and their allies, who left the premises in protest.
With the absence of the cherry bench and its allies, b. However, with only 23 of the 66 deputies remaining, he declared a lack of quorum and adjourned the session, scheduling Thursday, November 13.
Regarding the PAN member’s attempted apology, Representative Diana Sánchez Barrios, also a trans activist, described the act as a “simulation” and criticized that Rangel had used Congress to fulfill an obligation that he had to assume personally..
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The local Morena coordinator, Xóchitl Bravo, reproached him for trying to evade his responsibility and stated that the struggles of the LGBT+ community should not be usedwith as a political banner and criticized that the opposition only approaches these causes during electoral times “because in reality they reject it.”